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World's Columbian Exposition Buildings, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation Sketch

A work made of pencil on paper mounted on illustration board.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of pencil on paper mounted on illustration board.

Date:

c. 1890

Artist:

John Wellborn Root
American, 1850–1891

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Architecture and Design

Artist

John Wellborn Root

Title

World's Columbian Exposition Buildings, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation Sketch

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1885–1895

Medium

Pencil on paper mounted on illustration board

Dimensions

38.2 × 52.9 cm (15 1/16 × 20 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edwin & Marguerite Fletcher 1970

Reference Number

1988.241.1

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